Police arrest suspect in attempted ATM robbery

ROLLINSFORD — A Somersworth man was arrested Monday night as the suspect in an attempted strong-arm robbery at the TD Bank ATM earlier in the day and will be arraigned this morning.

According to police, Eric W. Rouleau, 33, of Prospect Street in Somersworth, had intended to rob the TD Bank. On learning when he arrived it was closed for the Labor Day holiday. Rouleau then “set his sights on the victim who was using the ATM,” according to police.

Rouleau was unsuccessful at getting any money from the intended victim and fled the scene in what was described as a silver/gray SUV. The surveillance camera on the ATM caught several images of the man and the car leaving the scene.

Police found and arrested Rouleau at 9:30 p.m. Monday night at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital.

Evidence was also found that suggests that he was armed at the time of the attempted robbery.

Rouleau was transported to the Strafford County House of Corrections and bail was set at $5,000 cash. He will be arraigned this morning at 10:45 a.m. at the Dover Circuit Court.The Somersworth Police Department assisted with this investigation.